Cenk Uygur
@TheYoungTurks·6.5M subscribers·72.8K videos
Technology Is Destroying Your Memory
Posted
December 24, 2015
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December 24, 2015
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4:55Now Playing“...It showed many people use computers instead of memorising information.
Many adults who could still recall their phone numbers from childhood could not remember their current work number or numbers of family members.
Maria Wimber from the University of Birmingham said the trend of looking up information "prevents the build-up of long-term memories".
The study, examining the memory habits of 6,000 adults in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, found more than a third would turn first to computers to recall information.
The UK had the highest level, with more than half "searching online for the answer first”.”*
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Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian (The Point), Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies), and Jimmy Dore, (The Jimmy Dore Show Podcast), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down.
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